Luyten Half-Second 1723

light-years

Catalog numbers:
     Research Consortium on Nearby Stars (RECONS) 3, Luyten Half-Second (LHS) 1723
Arity: singular
Right Ascension and Declination: 5h1m57s, -6°56'47" (epoch 2000.0)
Distance from Sol: 17.9 light-years (5.47 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 1.8%
Source for distance: Research Consortium on Nearby Stars
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 4.44, 17.2, -2.16
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -14.2, -7.15, -8.08
Proper motion: 0.786 arcsec/yr (226.7° from north)
Source for proper motion: Research Consortium on Nearby Stars

What do all these fields mean?


Spectral class: M3.5
Luminosity Class: V
Apparent visual magnitude: +12.15
Absolute visual magnitude: +13.46
Visual luminosity: 0.00036 x Sol
Mass: 0.157 x Sol
Source for mass: Research Consortium on Nearby Stars
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.019 A.U.s
Orbital period in CZ: 2.4089 days
Tidal index in CZ: 22990.3

light-years
but not more than light-years away
Data for this star system were most recently updated on 19-March-2004.